Ding Dong the DOMA’s Dead.

Wow, what a week we just had. The SCOUS did three monumental things, unfortunately one is not a good thing. Legalizing Marijuana, not renewing voting rights protections for African-Americans, and helping Gay Rights by sending Prop 8 back to California allowing for the return of gay marriage in that state and pretty much gutting DOMA to make it useless and pretty much dead.

The first thing is one I have no dog in this hunt, but many friends do use it and since it is found in nature, I have no objections to it. I used it back in the day and the only thing it did for me was that I was too relaxed, as it put me to sleep within minutes, so I never really enjoyed it since I was always asleep.

The second is a grave concern for the legal system. Not renewing the protections that were put into place during the civil rights era of the 60’s for the African-American people and the right to vote is a step backward in time. Now, I don’t believe anyone is stupid enough during the next election to try to keep African-Americans from voting, but not to have the legal backing is allowing for some idiots in white sheets to possibly try, and that would not be a good thing for anyone around. Voting and Marriage is a fundamental right for all American and the only way to lose the right to vote is for imprisonment, not for the pigment in your skin cells. This is the very wrong signal to everyone and unless they are doing this to make room for a perm solution to this issue, I think it is a stupid move on their part.

The third thing is a huge step forward in Human Rights, in my opinion, the legal rights that Heterosexual couples have being allowed for Homosexual couples too. Sending the unconstitutional Prop 8 back to the California courts, allowing the resumptions of same-sex marriages for the state and the legal protections for them, was a good step forward. Equal rights for all consenting adults goes all the way back to the foundations of this country, and it is past time in Women’s, rights, Minority rights, and LGBT rights. It is past time to give everyone the rights that “All men are endowed with”Yes, I see, IMHO, the word “men” in the document as in all humans, no matter their sex, color, sexual orientation or other small and very minor differences that we all share. Are we there yet in all these areas? No, but hopefully we can continue to keep moving forward in all areas.